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The (un)protection of women under MERCOSUR: an institutional perspective

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The main objective of this research is to verify the existence of norms, policies and/or institutions within the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR) for the promotion and defense of women's rights, given the position of subalternity, oppression, objectification, sexualization and, repeatedly, racialization that they are subjected to at the domestic level of its Member States, due to a colonial legacy that supported the formation of patriarchal societies in Latin America, therefore, including the southern cone. Not only that, once they exist, we also intended to determine when these measures and actions were adopted, in an attempt to note a link between them and Mercosur's progressive moments. After all, we aim to advance the idea that gender agendas only gain prominence when right-wing politicians are not in office at the States Parties, suggesting, in the end, that for there to be continuity and an effective decolonization of gender in the framework of regional integration, significant institutional changes in the bloc would be necessary.

Source: Revista Direito e Práxis

DOI: 10.1590/2179-8966/2024/80523

Authors: Nicole Marie Trevisan, Tatiana Cardoso Squeff, Joseli Fiorin Gomes

Institutions: University of Lisbon, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Violence, Rights in Latin America

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Reduced inequalities, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4405095699

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